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David Kaplan on Chicago sports, Addison Boughton from the Polk Co. I Club & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two, Miller and Condon welcome back.
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Iowa Sports Radio Network. Addison Barge and Polk County
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ICLUB coming up here in Addison. Bouton, I beg your pardon?
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Coming up here in about 230 minutes or thereabouts.
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Polk County ICLUB for Addison. Get the details on their event.
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Coming up two weeks from last night, believe is the date.
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Let's head to Chicago. David Kaplan joins us.
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Hello Capper, how are you? I am doing absolutely awesome
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and I appreciate you guys moving me to today.
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I had something I had to do yesterday so I greatly
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appreciate it. It's great to be.
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With no, not any, anytime. I think so.
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Right back at you. So a lot of ground to cover.
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We'll get to the draft. Cubs are about the first pitch
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coming up in 15 minutes at Wrigley Field as they go for the
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sweep over the Phillies. They've turned it around.
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Bush hit finally at a home run. Suzuki likewise, he's up to two
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as he goes back-to-back nights. I guess maybe other than
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Swanson, he's got a little power to his numbers, but boys really
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struggling average wise when it comes to the offense cap, would
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you say that at least for now the bats are awakened?
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It certainly looks that way and if you look at during this
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winning streak that they're on, PCA has been killed, absolutely
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been outstanding. So you go back through and look
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at all the different metrics and numbers during the Cup 7 game
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win streak. Pete Crow Armstrong 28379400
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slash line 127 weighted runs created plus big average is 117
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point 2K rate, 6.9 walk rate so and a 379 OBP is super
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encouraging. Team rounding into form, still
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figuring out roles in the bullpen.
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There was some sniffing around of G Alito.
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At least there were some reports out there that they were
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sniffing around. We know we found a home in San
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Diego. What were your thoughts on that
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and were you somebody that it made sense you thought he was
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washed? Your thoughts overall on the
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potential and what happened as he decides to go to San Diego?
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I kept hearing he was grossly overpricing himself and that's
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why he was still sitting out there.
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And at some point he looked and I might be able to go win a
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World Series in San Diego. I'm a California guy.
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He grew up in LA. So I think he finally just said,
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all right, I got to take what's being offered, then go earn
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another contract. He has a mutual option for Year
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2. There's probably going to be a
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labor stoppage so he can say, hey, you know what, I'm
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declining the option and I pitched really well, so pay me
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now. So we'll see.
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I thought the Cubs should have kicked the tires, but it sounded
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like he wanted to stay West, so good luck to him.
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Good dude, I like him. Cap want to go back to last
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night. Good to see Matthew Boyd back in
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the rotation, but I was surprised council took him out
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when he did. I know that 84 pitches,
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etcetera, but he was one out away from qualifying for the
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win. They were up for two at the
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time. No guarantee they're going to
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hold that score. Obviously they ended up doing so
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as they shut the door 72 Ben Brown was accredited with the
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winners. He came in after Boyd but one
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out from qualifying into Shay's not even go nuts.
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But he mentioned here a couple of times this never would have
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happened. This never would have happened
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back in the days. This never and he's right.
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He wouldn't have taken them out. Did council do the right thing
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or hindsight? Would he have left him at least
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try for one more batter because he just got induced a ground
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ball double play to get those two outs in the in the 5th
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inning? I think that that it's not a big
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deal. I I really believe that at 84
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pitches, all Craig cares about is winning that game, whatever
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it takes, by hook or by crook. So I don't think Matthew Boyd's
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not that kind of guy. Matthew Boyd, it's not going to
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be the difference between him getting another contract.
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A dude's a good dude, a really good leader in the room.
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I don't think it was a big deal. Yeah.
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And as they both mentioned, I mean, when you look at pictures
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numbers now, it used to all be wins and losses, right?
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That used to be where that used to be all we used to go on for
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the most part, but now it's changed significantly.
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So I get it. You're probably right, Kel.
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The by esteros plan against lefties.
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He's not getting a chance and it's that tough kind of
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balancing act, Kathy, that you have to do.
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You want him to develop. You don't want him to turn into
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a guy that never can face left handers, but you also don't want
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to develop in a team that is fighting in a division that has
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everybody playing well, certainly at this point in time.
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How do you deal with that balancing act and finding a way
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to still get him some at bats against lefties while knowing
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it's a struggle for him but you want to develop him?
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Look, he has been so good if you look at like, I don't know if
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you have a computer right there, but take a look at his numbers
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in terms of his OPS and his OPS plus like his metrics are
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spectacularly good. It's crazy how good his metrics
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are. I'm amazed by it.
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I really AM. And if they're going to put him
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in good situations so he keeps getting confidence, he's 22
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years of age. Look today, Christopher Sanchez,
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I think he's one of the top five pitchers in the game.
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I do. I think he's a stud.
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And so you're going to sit him and play the righty.
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I have 0 issue with that. But if there's a pinch hit
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opportunity later like that guy voices by a Steros, he was flat
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out shit. And at some point he will face
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the tough lefties. But I got no problem with Craig,
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you know, picking and choosing the spots for him.
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All right, so let's Fast forward to September and cap.
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I bought 2 tickets on 2 Cubs by Esteros to win Rookie of the
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Year. I think I got him at either 30
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or 40 to one, I'll say 30, but he's a good price.
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And Nico Horner to win the MVP of the NL at 150 to 1.
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And I, I know that O'donnee's in the National League.
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But of those two, when I get to September, what ticket do you
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think I'll be more excited? Excited about by Esteros Horner
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or you wasted your money? So I have those same 2 tickets
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to you and then Yep, since we spoke I have added a parlay
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ticket that I think you should consider.
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OK, I have a parlay ticket on Mason Miller to win the Cy
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Young. Love it.
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And Nico Horner to be the MVP. That's got to be huge.
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It's massive. I'll look it up while we're on
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the phone. It's got to be north of 200 to
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one week. I'll look it up here while we're
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talking. Yeah, but I absolutely did that.
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Wow. Because I.
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Think it has a legit chance? Yeah, I.
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Mean what was he was 150 to 1 when I bought him yesterday
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right or two days ago I think Trent we were talking about it
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on the air and we went to break and I opened up my app and fired
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away. You ready to switch to any more
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baseball TC? Yeah, just the White Sox and
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what we've seen here in the early going from American Tommy.
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Wow. Did anybody anticipate this this
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quickly, this kind of pop? They did not.
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Anyone that tells you that they were absolutely confident he
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could do this. No, because that's why he didn't
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sign with anybody else, you know?
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Yeah, it's it's amazing how well he's swinging the bat.
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Now the question is, can he continue this when they make
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adjustments to him? Like everyone in the game that I
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spoke to thought that he could not hit high, high end velocity.
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Guess what? He's turning around high end
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velocity. Nobody really knew because they
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didn't have a ton of high end Velo in Japan.
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And so, so far he's been magnificent.
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There have to be teams in the game that are kicking themselves
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and going OK, we need an offense.
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How did we miss on this guy? He's not making.
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It's not like you paid him $180 million.
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You paid him 34 / 2 years. Yeah, 2 year deal though.
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Unbelievable. Two year deal?
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Yeah, there are. I was arguing with my producer
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today. He wants to extend him right
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now. And I said, Shay, for you to do
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that, he's going to say to you, OK, I want we'll pull it out of
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thin air. 5 for 15030 million a year.
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And he may not even take that, but that's what he'll probably
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say. He's like done, I'll do that,
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said Shay. He's not got 100 of bats in the
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big leagues. I need to see how he handles
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when guys make adjustments. How does he handle that?
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You want to come talk to me end of June, beginning of July as we
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go to the All Star break and you tell me the dudes got 26 home
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runs already and he they've made adjustments and he's adjusted
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back. I'm more than willing to talk
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because what people don't realize is OK, he's got one year
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left on his deal. If there's a labor stoppage that
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costs us all of next year, he's a free agent then because next
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year does not roll into 28 and you go, well, we didn't play, so
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we have the 28th season. That deal is then null and void.
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Interesting, I did not know that Cap.
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I want to pick your brain on one other baseball topic I'm
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watching flipping around. Last night I I landed on the
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Twins and the Mets. Was Lewis's Roberts arm as as
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bad as it was at the end? I mean, he's awful Cap.
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I thought when he broke into the league he had one of the better
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arms early in his White Sox tenure.
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Am I mistaken there? Because he was just He was
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atrocious last night. They were laughing at him in the
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Mets booth as how badly his throws were from center field
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trying to gun down runners at the plate.
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I mean, it was embarrassingly bad.
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Was he always that way? He was not.
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He used to have a pretty solid arm.
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He was. He's he's an elite defender,
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elite as a defensive player, very athletic.
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But something's going on with that dude.
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Like when the White Sox had to announce that they told him not
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to hustle down the line unless it's going to be a very close
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play. I mean, because they wanted to
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get hurt. That's just idiocy.
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You know, it's just stupid. So we'll see.
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He'll never reach the heights that everyone had projected.
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Yeah, I agree. Tonight we will wait a long
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time, not as long in the past, but wait till 25, which is great
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to wait and not because they traded with somebody because
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they had a successful year. It's been a rarity in this
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organization with the Bears at 25, edge rusher, maybe offensive
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line, safety potentially. Where are the tides turning
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right now? What do you think the Bears are
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going to do with 25? I think it's best player
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available. We are arguing about this this
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morning on the radio and ESPN1000I truly believe it is
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going to be just who's the best guy on the board, period.
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Let's go get them because you have 6 positions truly that you
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have a need at. Would you like to get a
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replacement receiver for DJ Moore?
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Yes, but unless there's some freaky thing that happens if
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somebody's on the board, they're not taking one of the first 3
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picks. They have two seconds tomorrow,
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they have a third and then they have the number one pick tonight
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at 25. I think they're either going
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rush, edge, D tackle, starting safety in the box, hard hitting
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strong safety, linebacker to replace like a Tremaine Edmonds
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type, and they've done some of that free agency that's probably
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down the list corner to replace Deshawn right or starting left
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tackle. One of those is what you'll see
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tonight. How does the draft play in
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Chicago? Obviously in NFL city,
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baseball's going on two teams there.
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Cubs are relevant most years and are again this year.
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How does the draft play on your show cap?
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The drafts, huge, absolutely huge.
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And people, you know, are very opinionated.
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They have their thoughts about this and I love the passion that
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they bring to it. I really do.
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I love how jacked up people get to be able to see the Bears add
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to a team that they have legitimate hope that they're
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going to the Super Bowl this year.
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Are they that one? I can't tell you.
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But I can tell you, I think they're going to be a really
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good team again, really good. I think we're going to hear
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again this summer maybe some comparisons to Washington had
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that breakthrough year when all the close games, including one
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against Chicago that we all remember vividly from two years
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back. Bears had some bowels would go
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their way, had some tight calls at the end they were able to
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pull out. How can he get away with that?
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Or is that just the nature of the NFL?
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Look, some season those close calls balls are going to go your
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ways, others that it isn't. Is this something that's been
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mentioned by Ben Johnson? It's something that they have to
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improve. On no guard against, yeah.
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I mean every single year we. See this?
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OK, Yeah, that he, Ben said. First of all, we're back at
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Square 1, He said. What we did last year does not
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matter, period. He said for the first week of
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the offseason, it was super cool to hear people come up to him
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and go, oh coach, it was such a great season, blah, blah, blah,
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blah, blah. He said.
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Now I don't want to hear it. I really don't want to hear it
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because it does. It's irrelevant what we did.
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We're starting over. And the other thing is, and he
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said, if you think we're going to lead the league and turn over
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margin again and takeaways this insane number that no one else
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in the league comes close to, yeah, not going to happen, he
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said. That's just a fact.
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And so they have got to get more pressure on the opposing
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quarterback. And then on top of that, they
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have got to be able to run the football again.
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If they run the football successfully, that keeps the
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other teams offense off the field.
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We won't hold this. We, we won't bring this up
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again. Well, Trent won't in in August,
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but right now, who do you think? I think the team to beat is in
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the North other than the Bears? Remove them.
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Of the other three, which team would be the one that maybe not
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fears you but worries you a little bit as this team's always
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is going to give the Bears fits. Who is it in the North?
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And you tell me with certainty how Kyler Murray's going to
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play. No.
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No Kyler Murray with paired with Kevin O'Connell is a way better
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player than what we saw in Arizona.
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Then I think the Minnesota Vikings are the biggest threat
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to the Bears. Wow, interesting, I think.
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Green Bay will be a good football team.
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I don't think they're great. And let me see what Detroit does
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tonight because their offensive line is a mess, a mess.
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But maybe they make a move and get a great tackle tonight.
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If they do that, then I would think Detroit would be really,
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really tough again. But I'm not counting on them
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either. I'm not a huge golf guy.
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He's OK. Yeah, he's OK.
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I would think it's Minnesota. I would think it's Minnesota.
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Yeah, one, one thing on Detroit, though, they got the 4th place
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schedule and there's a couple of layups in that schedule that
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certainly should help them. And man, they've been banged up.
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But yeah, I think that's fair with your O'Connell and Kyler
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Murray comparison or lumping them together.
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That's the one that makes me the most nervous and I have somebody
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at home that likes to chirp about it too.
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The ladies of the house, they are Vikings fans and me and my
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little guy, we are Bears fans. So we got a split household and
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I don't like when the Vikings aren't good cappy basketball.
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Billy walks away, take us in a little bit.
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The decision. Is there a possibility of him
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going back to college at 60 years old?
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Is there another job for him in the NBA?
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What can you tell us? But before I answer that
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question, you asked me to look up on my.
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Yeah, your ticket? Yeah.
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Where'd you? Get my fanatics.
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I bet $100 a $100 ticket pays 170,000.
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Jesus 170 to 1 not. Too shy?
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Jesus good for? You yeah, 170 one 600 for $100.
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Oh, I love those lottery tickets, right?
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Something I don't know them. That's great.
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Yeah, I took a shot, man. I think Jason Miller, he stays
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healthy. Absolutely.
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Will will win the Cy Young. I do.
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And Nico, you're telling me if Nico Horner keeps playing like
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this and the Cubs win the division, you're telling me he's
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not going to be right there? There may be a buy out in my
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future. There's probably will be if
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Otani doesn't get injured, buy out, but if he does then let her
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ride. Go ahead.
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I'm sorry. The Bills question?
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Take a shot. Yeah.
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Billy Donovan, your thoughts on the departure and is there a
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home somewhere else for Billy Donovan, MBA or college?
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What makes more sense? He won't go back to college.
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He has zero interest. He could have had Carolina 0
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interest in him going back to college.
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He has unfinished business in the NBA.
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He wants to win a title. There was not going to happen
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here for quite a while. And I've known Billy since 1992.
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That dude called me in 1992 and said, hey, my name is Billy
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Donovan. I'm the assistant at Kentucky
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and a player that we're recruiting and we're about to,
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it may have already signed him. Do you have any idea where he'd
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be taking his ACT test? Because we want to make sure
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he's there. We got to get him eligible.
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It was Antoine Walker and we became friendly over that and he
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was coming into my camp to recruit.
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He's a great, great human. And Billy Donovan stepped down
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and he told me this. He said, I talked to him this
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week. He said cap the guy that takes
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this job and they would have made Billy the president of
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basketball operations. He doesn't want to do that.
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He wants to coach. He's a coach.
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He said. The guy they bring in, whether
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that's me, Ken, Trent, you should have a clean slate and
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the right to hire whoever it is you think you want to be the
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coach. And so that's why he stepped
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down, because he's selfless. Good stuff.
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Arlington Heights capital finish here.
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Looks like you're going to be right.
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I've been telling you that for a lot, a few years.
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It's not done yet, and it could fall apart because we have some
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of the dumbest politicians in America right here in the state
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of Illinois. That's just a fact.
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You know, everybody's got their hand out the other night.
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It sounds like they got the votes.
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And then the teachers union. Well, we'll hold on a second.
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We want our part now somebody else.
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We want to tax on millionaires. Somebody else.
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We want this for our stop. Just get it done, get the bears
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here and keep the tax revenue in our state, which is dead ass
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broke. So I think I'm going to be
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right, but nothing would surprise me with our
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politicians. But I do know for a fact the
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bears want this deal done here. They don't want to go to
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Indiana. Good stuff capper the day worth
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day wait was worth it. Excellent contribution as
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always. We'll talk with you next
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Wednesday. Have a great weekend and we'll
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we'll talk soon, bud. Yeah, I'll be at the Cubs at
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Dodger Saturday. Nice.
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Cubs at Padres Monday, I fly home.
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Tuesday we'll talk about. It I can't wait.
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Lucky you. Good stuff capper.
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As long as I like the player. Kaden Proctor's still there
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trend. He's the best player available
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you in. I'll have a take.
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What? What?
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on the draft. Uh huh.
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What number would you put draft position wise?
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22 1/2? No, I think it'd be earlier.
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Yeah, because I saw yesterday. I saw him at 13.
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And I saw that in one of the markets, I think it was
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offshore, but it went from 18 1/2 to 17 1/2 yesterday.
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Really, he's over under, so I'm just going to nap.
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You get enamoured a guy that's because of the size that moves
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that way. It's not just the size, it's the
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athleticism with the size. We've seen it too much and.
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But can he jump out of a pool like Wurfs?
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That was his What a display of athleticism.
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Now Proctor at different times has got about 70 lbs on him,
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sure. So that's a little bit different
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too. He is a mountain of a man.
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He is athletic. I just wonder about the desire
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and in this league. See, I saw that at Southeast
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Poke. And you know what?
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I I tried to convince He's just taking it easy on these guys.
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He's going to kill him. I.
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Just want to hurt those boys. I saw a kid, I can't remember
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which game it was, that was giving up probably 200 lbs to
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him, 175 at minimum to him, and he worked him.
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Now of course, the rest of the town of Southeast Poke, it
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didn't matter, but there were multiple times they were.
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Good, weren't they? My God.
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They were loaded. Both sides of the.
22:39
Ball absolutely so good those SE poke teams.
22:42
It's the desire, it's the inside thing and that's my biggest
22:46
thing. Here's the other part.
22:47
I think Kim Proctor will have probably a couple of good years.
22:50
There'll be a couple like he looks like a pro bowler.
22:54
It's longevity. It's.
22:56
Where do the Eagles draft? I know they're 20s.
22:59
Boy, that would be then, right? They've taken on some and Kane
23:03
Proctor is not a problem child, so that's not a fairway.
23:05
No baggage, some guys with baggage and they have done
23:09
incredibly well with those guys. That would be a great home for.
23:12
Him, 2320. 3 veterans to take him under their wing.
23:17
Lane Johnson, Yeah, Look after him.
23:20
Look after the rookie. He's the heir apparent to you.
23:23
Could be, yes. We'll see.
23:26
We'll find out tonight. The Eagles draft 23, the Bears
23:28
draft 25. Time for another keyword.
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Your chance to win $1000 in this nationwide contest.
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Win at kxno.com. Addison Bouton is the president
23:55
of the Polk County I Club. They've got their big event here
23:58
in central Iowa coming up. What did you say?
24:00
May the what? May the 6th that's.
24:02
Wednesday, so two weeks from last night. 13 days away for
24:06
that. Jan Jensen, Kirk.
24:08
Ference, Josh Ash going to be there representing the men's
24:11
basketball program and Addison Bouton will join us with a
24:15
little more details on that when we come back.
24:19
It's the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
24:25
I'm Hillary Condon, welcome back.
24:27
Just past 130 on a Thursday. Trent's plays of the day still
24:32
to come. How did it go yesterday?
24:34
Not good, Not good after back-to-back great nights.
24:37
Yeah, we'll just gloss over this one.
24:39
Smooth right past that still winning week.
24:41
Yeah, good. Yeah, we got.
24:43
You had 9 plays. Yesterday, three and six.
24:45
Yeah, 3:00 and 6:00. Yeah, that bites you.
24:47
Well, we'll back up. Stack up right, Waffle Go again.
24:52
Had the White Sox starter yesterday.
24:53
Over 2 1/2 strikeouts. He finished with two.
24:56
Unbelievable. Yeah.
24:58
It's gonna happen. It is can't win them all.
25:00
Nope, he can't. I wouldn't be here.
25:02
Rebound case who? Did you have in rebounds?
25:05
Duran Duran from the Pistons? That's right.
25:07
Yep. And he finished like close 9-9.
25:11
Yeah, it was 10/1 of those days. All right, let's let's talk Polk
25:16
County I club. Addison Bout, the president of
25:18
the Polk County I club is here. Addison, good to see you again.
25:21
You were in studio with us last year.
25:23
You know, what I want to start with you is just kind of the
25:26
enthusiasm around the athletic programs in particular.
25:29
And I don't mean to sound like I'm throwing McCaffrey on the
25:31
bus because Fred and I both like them.
25:33
We both, Trent and I, we're both McCaffrey guys.
25:36
But what a difference a year makes, right?
25:37
I mean, I have to believe that the enthusiasm meter, if there
25:42
is a thing when it comes to men's basketball, is over in the
25:45
red zone because what a what a great year for Hawkeye men's
25:48
basketball. Yeah, I completely agree with
25:51
you. Yep.
25:52
I think everyone's just real excited about, they were excited
25:55
with the hire hiring. Yeah, I'm with you too.
25:57
I've and everyone I talked to like really like Fran, he was,
26:01
he was good to, he was good to our club, always came to our
26:04
events and was really gracious. But yeah, I think it was time
26:08
for a change. And when he came in and did what
26:11
he did with essentially, let's be honest, a Drake team, you
26:16
know, in the Big 10 and had some struggles here and there.
26:19
But making that run to the Elite 8, I mean, yeah, fans are fans
26:24
are really excited. No, no doubt about it.
26:25
I think it's going to show up when season tickets go on as
26:28
well. Right, yes, people want to jump
26:29
aboard and definitely have that well, as we look towards a
26:32
couple of weeks away, a little less than two weeks away coming
26:35
up on that Wednesday, Addison, the pout County iclub before we
26:39
get into the details, just the iclub these days.
26:42
It was such a big thing. I just remember growing up and
26:45
get the sticker in the mail how exciting that was for a young
26:47
kid. All right here we go.
26:48
I get to, I jump aboard, I'm I'm supporting the Hawkeyes.
26:51
Well, now we have swarm, we have NIL, we have all these different
26:54
components of what supporting the Hawkeye athletic program
26:57
looks like and, and the I clubs. What does it mean today and what
27:01
does the support of the I club? What does your guys's support
27:04
now mean to the athletic department?
27:06
Well, I think in some ways it hasn't changed, Trent, but in
27:09
other ways from the like you said, from the financial aspect
27:13
with all the not only with the swarm and with the Rev share and
27:18
with but I think too what we try and do, yes, we are trying to be
27:22
fundraise A fundraising branch of the university athletic
27:25
department as well. But we try and do fun things and
27:28
really engage fans here in the Des Moines area.
27:31
Just like our event coming up. I mean, we're bringing a lot of
27:34
the a lot of the coaches in people get to mingle with them,
27:38
hear them speak in person. I think it's just, yeah, we,
27:41
yes, we're trying to raise money, but other things we do,
27:45
and maybe we'll talk about it here in a little bit with our
27:47
golf outing is we just try and do fun things.
27:51
Hawkeye related here in the Des Moines area.
27:53
So the event itself, let's Fast forward Wednesday, May the 6th
27:57
is is upon us. What does the night entail?
28:00
I mean, how, how much time do you need to commit?
28:03
If you're going to, you know, go to the event, you want to get
28:06
there, just, you know, a little bit before it starts, mingle
28:09
around, etcetera. Here, all the coaches.
28:11
How long is the How long will the night go?
28:14
I would say 2 1/2 to 3 hours total from from start to finish.
28:18
We are really excited about this.
28:21
We've bounced around venues in the past.
28:24
Typically it's been hotels, but we're really excited about our
28:29
new venue this year. It is called the Meridian.
28:32
It is in a old Wells Fargo office building just South of
28:38
University. The way I like to describe it to
28:41
people, some is where the club car is, the club car restaurant
28:46
on University, it's straight across University to the South
28:50
from from there, it's just big office building.
28:53
They've kind of converted it. Top floors are still some office
28:57
space, but the bottom floor is this Meridian Event Center and
29:00
it's just they did a really nice job.
29:02
Mike Laval, he's a restaurant tour in the area that has other
29:08
other event venues, but they did a really nice job with it, so
29:11
we're excited. Jan Jensen will be there as well
29:14
and after the retirement of Lisa Bluder after Caitlin Clark moves
29:18
on to the WNBAI know a lot of people were tepid.
29:22
Is this momentum going to continue?
29:24
Well, the fan base certainly has continued to show up and Jan
29:28
done a nice job. It hasn't ended the way people
29:30
wanted the last two years in the NCAA Tournament, but the success
29:33
is coming on the heels. What do you think about the
29:35
women's program and the continued momentum?
29:38
I'm sure you guys see as well with the I club of people
29:40
supporting women's basketball. 100% And I think the the one
29:44
thing when I think of Jan and what she has continued from Lisa
29:48
is, is culture. I mean, girls want to go play
29:51
there. It's a it's it's like a family.
29:53
And you can tell in talking to the student athletes and fans
29:58
going to games, they just, yeah, everyone loves Jan and yeah,
30:01
unfortunately had a really good year, didn't end like we wanted
30:05
it to. But I think everyone's just real
30:08
excited about the future and I think we can tell and the good
30:11
luck that he's had had in the transfer portal and it shows,
30:15
too, what a good, good addition of Coach Barrett made on the
30:21
program. Gary Dolphins going to MC it
30:23
when the coaches what what will they do?
30:25
Will they take the take the stage and do a few minutes?
30:29
A little bit of a speech is? That yeah, it'll, it'll be more
30:31
of a like AQ and a with, with, with Dolph also.
30:34
We'll we always start off our program.
30:37
Historically, Polk County I club has given out these football
30:41
awards to senior football players and we'll start out with
30:46
that. Kirk will Kirk will present
30:49
those. The players unfortunately won't
30:51
be in attendance. We do have some videos of them,
30:55
but but yeah, we, we essentially 5:00.
30:58
We start at social hour at 5:00, we do dinner at 6:00 and then
31:04
our program will start at 6:30. We do you can if you for
31:09
tickets, best way to go about it is to go to our Facebook page,
31:15
Polk County iclub and there is a link to a purchase tickets
31:17
there. There will be availability if
31:20
you can't get to that and to get a ticket the night of we will
31:24
have a have some tickets available, but I actually just
31:27
looked this morning and ticket sales are going well.
31:32
Awesome. You, you got to bring up one
31:35
other guy because he's going to cry if he doesn't hear his name
31:38
called Hawkeye Andy, is he? Probably.
31:42
He's got to be bottom of the totem pole, right, in terms of
31:45
board members, Is that right? He is one of our new members
31:49
that that is true. But Andy, Andy is great.
31:52
He's been a good addition to our board.
31:53
He he really helps out at all of our events and is definitely,
31:57
definitely a good addition. Well, if you need a driver to go
31:59
anywhere, I mean, he's yes, he's an over the Rotary.
32:02
Wheeled it down to Houston. He did, absolutely.
32:04
And. Wheeled it down, there's a lot
32:06
more fun than Wheeling back. I bet yes.
32:08
No doubt about it. I bet.
32:09
Hey, you mentioned the golf outing real quick.
32:11
Wakanda is the scene of this event.
32:15
Do you do you need help promoting this one or is this
32:18
one of your? Bigger events, it's definitely
32:20
one of our big bigger events. I mean, it's golf at Wakanda
32:24
kind of sells itself. And with the opportunity to get
32:27
to actually golf with a Hawkeye coach, player, former players
32:33
like that, just as an example, like a lot of the most of the
32:37
football coaches are there playing.
32:39
They don't, I think, don't have confirmation for sure, but think
32:43
Coach McCullum will be there also.
32:46
And then some former players, like for example Riley Moss, he
32:50
always comes back and play plays in it.
32:53
But we do have anyone we do sell out.
32:56
So we're 30. We kind of have to cap it at
33:00
some point with groups playing in fivesomes.
33:02
So it we don't want it to be that long of a day, but so the.
33:06
Fivesome would include these quotes select.
33:08
The celebrity, correct? Yep, for sure.
33:10
So anyone interested in in playing in that event?
33:15
Definitely. You can always find my contact
33:17
information through our website, polkiclub.com or on our Facebook
33:23
page. That's probably the best way.
33:25
We do have some sponsorship opportunities, new ones this
33:28
year available, so anyone's always feel free to reach
33:31
outreach out to me. How many iclubs are there in the
33:33
state? That is a good question and a
33:36
question I should know the answer of I.
33:38
We got a year till we see. You I, I do not know.
33:41
I do know the ones that are the most active would be ours here
33:46
in Polk County. Carroll County does a really
33:49
good job and they've historically they have really
33:51
good events and good attendance. Then then you get over to
33:54
eastern Iowa and Linn County and Cedar Rapids and Johnson County
33:58
and Iowa City. Those are the ones that are,
34:01
from my understanding, of the most active.
34:03
I think Carroll counties were Ben McCullum put the chairs away
34:06
last year. Yes, that's.
34:07
What I thought you're correct. What a what a great gesture on
34:10
his part. Certainly ingratiated himself
34:13
very quickly with some of the fans based at that event.
34:15
Best of luck to you. Great to see you again, Addison.
34:18
Coming up 13 days from now, May the 6th at the Meridian.
34:24
Meridian. I hadn't heard of it.
34:27
New place. So what what's what's the meal?
34:30
Have you guys been figured that out yet?
34:32
It is actually, yes, it's it's, it's a chicken, some sort of a
34:38
chicken vegetable starch. So.
34:42
Sounds good. Yes, sounds good.
34:45
Great stuff. Best of luck to you.
34:47
Polk County Iclub your website again and the Facebook page.
34:50
Yep, website is Polk iclub.com. You can always reach me at at
34:56
our e-mail to itsprettyeasypolkcountyiclub@gmail.com.
35:01
That is pretty easy. Good stuff.
35:02
Best of luck to that. Thank you very much.
35:04
All out and away you guys go. We'll take a time out.
35:07
Trents plays of the day. They're coming up next.
35:09
Miller and Condon, glad you're with us on the Iowa Sports Radio
35:13
Network. All right, final couple of
35:15
minutes. Miller and Condon on a Thursday.
35:18
Mike Palm will join us tomorrow. Kay, Kurt Repay, that's the line
35:23
up tomorrow. The trio that will join us.
35:25
We're going to do some chicken coop tomorrow.
35:27
That's a great idea. It absolutely is, Trent, because
35:29
I hate to be the only one eating free wings this week.
35:32
Somebody's got to win some of those tomorrow.
35:35
God, they're good. They really and truly are all
35:37
right. Did you make any draft plays
35:39
before we get into your place of the week?
35:41
Did you get involved at all? I didn't.
35:43
Neither did I. It just doesn't.
35:46
And maybe if it was still open today, I probably would the lead
35:50
up to it and just all right here, you know, you know me.
35:55
I am very much a prisoner of the moment.
35:58
You really are. I I am not a big look ahead
36:01
person. I got to get through the day to
36:03
get to the next day. So that is, I guess an event
36:06
that does not work out very well for me if I could have made a
36:10
bet. Mendoza number one overall.
36:13
Ken, you have taught me. For a long time, a lot to make a
36:17
little. Yes.
36:18
So no, no, because I do believe it or not, I do listen to you.
36:21
Thank you. I know some days it doesn't feel
36:23
like it, but I do listen to you and I've listened to you about
36:27
that because. The Methuselah of the team I.
36:30
Had a buddy that used to do that all the time.
36:32
Really, every college football Saturday he would take like 15
36:36
huge favorites and then it just, and if he hits every week, yeah,
36:40
it's going to be profitable and puts like 100 bucks down to win
36:43
$73. But then that one week it
36:46
doesn't happen. And you can't never get out of
36:47
the hole. Exactly.
36:49
And if you have two bad weeks, you're cooked.
36:50
Yeah, absolutely. There's absolutely no way you
36:53
can be profitable over the course of the season.
36:54
So what would you have played? I'm here in Buzz Johnson, the
36:59
San Diego State kit. Now that is also moved, but we
37:03
talked about that on Monday and that was actually one that I
37:05
kind of had circled because he was 32 1/2 on Monday.
37:09
What was he now? It's moved to 29 1/2 and I heard
37:13
some buzz somewhere in like the early 20s about him potentially
37:17
going there. So that was one that I
37:19
definitely would have got involved in.
37:20
Sims over 1 1/2 quarterbacks first round.
37:24
I go both ways. We know that teams.
37:27
Lose their mind, Trent, if they need a quarterback.
37:30
He's just not going to be. I don't think so.
37:32
We. Were strong capital.
37:34
See September ties Simpson to mid-october ties.
37:37
Okay, get complain, but then. But then you can talk yourself
37:41
in circles. Well, they had no running game.
37:43
Their offensive line stunk. That's true.
37:45
Including Katie Proctor on that offensive line.
37:49
I, I, I talked myself in circles.
37:51
A developmental year, you should have taken the money.
37:54
But then you also look at next year's draft at the quarterback
37:56
and it's so deep. And he might be have a great
37:59
year. Make $4 million at Miami 4th.
38:02
Or fifth round. And been a fourth or fifth round
38:04
and that's got to be difficult. I think somebody will take him.
38:07
I don't think somebody should take him somewhere before we get
38:11
to the end of the first round. Those are the ones that kind of
38:14
jump out for me, Ed. What other thing?
38:17
I said on Monday during our draft show.
38:18
Boy. That was fun by the way.
38:20
And Oh yeah, we're going to get Russ on for like 5 minutes to
38:22
recap. Oh yeah, right, because he makes
38:24
the pick tonight. First pick.
38:26
Be watching on television tonight when the Chiefs make.
38:28
Their first pick? And you will see potentially, if
38:31
the cameras are shooting at the right time, the guy that'll be
38:33
handing the jersey to Roger Goodell is Russ Crew from
38:37
Graphite. Graphite Construction Group is
38:39
going to what a moment and we know how much he.
38:42
Won. He loves the draft.
38:43
He does as much as any fan. He does.
38:45
You're going to find to have this just a really cool moment.
38:48
So we'll recap that a little bit after towards the end of the
38:51
first segment tomorrow, maybe 1:50 or 12:15, something like
38:53
that. But those are just a couple.
38:57
But I said on #4 felt like a lock that it was going to be
39:00
love. Now I'm hearing all kinds of
39:02
stuff, but I tell myself every year, don't listen to the noise
39:05
at this point, don't listen to any of it.
39:07
I think Sean Roberts is going to have a very fun night.
39:10
I think these Giants are going to do very well.
39:12
I could see them taking Cubs head bases loaded.
39:15
Good God, couldn't get out of the infield.
39:17
Stop. Stop saying you're not a Cubs
39:18
fan. I am a Cubs fan, OK?
39:20
You admitted. I think that the Giants will
39:24
take maybe Sonny Styles with their five and then circle
39:27
around the 10 and get Jordan Tyson.
39:29
That'd be good. Yeah, I'll say.
39:31
I'll say. I still have my concerns about
39:33
Tyson. Do you boy man, he has been as a
39:36
rocket ship in this draft. Can't stay healthy that's not a
39:40
really good thing now when you're jumping up a level guy
39:43
that couldn't stay healthy there has there been many of those
39:46
guys that struggle with injuries as much as him and then oh
39:49
they're completely that's. Why McCoy?
39:50
The corner from Tennessee's. Falling is like a rock.
39:52
Talk about medicals. These are bad your picks.
39:56
Not great yesterday, but really good on Monday and Tuesday.
39:59
What are you going to do tonight?
40:00
These are 6 bets for tonight that I have in there.
40:04
Let's start with some individual games.
40:05
Going to play the Bruins to take a two one advantage.
40:08
Back to Boston for that one. In game three tonight, the
40:12
Knicks go on the road and get a win against the Hawks, as do the
40:16
Nuggets. They beat Minnesota.
40:18
So help me out with this Prime Video.
40:21
I have not seen I've I've watched Thursday Night Football,
40:23
obviously, but then there's not a game that's supposed to start
40:27
at 10 when Prime Video says the tip off's 830 and the other
40:31
first game is still going on. Do they?
40:34
Is there another Prime Video? There's another feed.
40:37
Yeah. You just got to go back to the
40:38
home screen. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:39
And. But you won't have to wait till
40:41
8:50 or. Well, you still might, because
40:43
they'll probably want to still learn as much as possible.
40:46
And then you'll watch it tomorrow morning, 'cause I'm.
40:48
Watching the draft in the in hockey anyway so.
40:51
Three player props for you today.
40:53
We're going to go with a pitching prop, Ryan Felter under
40:58
for the Rockies tonight, 3 1/2 actually this afternoon.
41:02
That is 15 minutes away from first pitch.
41:04
Under 3 1/2 strikeouts. We're going under CJ McCollum
41:08
after that great performance under 19 1/2 and over your boy
41:13
Desumu over 11 1/2 tonight against the Nuggets.
41:16
SO3 player props and three bets individually.
41:20
Bruins, Knicks and the Nuggets. Felter under strikeouts,
41:24
Mccullen under points. Desumu over 11 and a.
41:27
Half Did you see much NBA from last night?
41:29
Detroit get back in the win column.
41:31
OKC Looks like the beat goes on. Yeah, I saw the run because
41:35
that's when I flipped it on. It was the beginning of the
41:36
second-half, 30 to 3:00. Is that what it ended up being?
41:40
Holy mackerel. I can't remember a 30 to three.
41:42
That just ridiculous. And Darren couldn't just get
41:46
another e-mail. OK, I got to get over it, right?
41:48
Got to get over it. When you play these player
41:50
props, they do come down to you. Really do to 1.
41:52
We talk about it in games so much, but getting involved now
41:56
in these player props. Do you enjoy them?
41:58
I am are you? I watched the game kind of in a
42:00
different way. It certainly got my eyes.
42:03
Glued on your guy. To your Yeah, yeah, it's fun.
42:06
It's a different way of betting, but I'm enjoying it because it's
42:09
been profitable too over the last.
42:10
Week. That's the keyword, no doubt
42:12
about it. Speaking of keywords, Lucas and
42:15
Sean will have one each an hour. They are on the air, by the way,
42:19
they're on the air. Coming up next, we're Miller and
42:21
Condon. Trent and I are with you every
42:23
Monday through Friday. Talk sports with you and we
42:25
appreciate you being with us Monday through Friday, noon to
42:28
two on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
42:30
Have a great rest of your day.